Musings of a Mad Media Man

Grogu’s Choice – How Some Fans Got It Wrong

Hey readers, sorry for the absence, but sometimes life gets in the way.  I should get back to regular posting in the weeks ahead, and I have quite a lot to say, and a backlog of reviews I need to get to.

I thought I would break my silence talking about the much ballyhooed release of a behind the scenes trailer for The Force Awakens at ComicCon.  Practical seemed to be the operative word of the…

Prequel Fans Have Heard The Dog Whistle

Great article by Friend of the Blog… Lazy Padawan

Star Wars Hits the Reset

Since the Star Wars Saga first hit screens, fans have clamored for more and more information about their favorite space fantasy universe. In 1994, Raymond L. Velasco wrote the firs Guide to the Star Wars Universe which attempted to detail many of the characters, aliens, and vehicles which were part of the universe; this guide was followed up with two subsequent editions.…

For months there had been growing speculation across social media that Star Wars was finally going to make the leap to digital distribution, and be available as a video download.  In fact Kenner recently announced are series of box collections of action figures called the Star Wars Digital Release Commemorative Editionswhich all but confirmed the release.  Rumors also began to percolate that…

In an earlier post, I discussed my early love affair with comic books.  They were are part of my regular reading diet along with classics from H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, C.S. Lewis and the like. One of the earliest monthly comic titles I regularly collected was Marvel’s Star Wars which was published back in the late 70s through the mid 80s.  The stories we very hit and miss, but they kept…

Good friend of the blog, Paul F. McDonald, author of the outstanding book, The Star Wars Heresies: Interpreting the Themes, Symbols, and Philosophies of Episodes I-III (I highly recommend this book to any Star Wars fan wishing to explore the deeper meanings of the Saga), recently wrote a brief essay on his site entitled, “You Can’t Go Home Again.”  Paul examines a growing ambivalence he felt…

So the final day of Star Wars Celebration is here, and some of the biggest news revealed this week came from the Star Wars spin off panel this morning.

Director Gareth Edwards was introduced to fans, and the plot for the first spin off (now referred to as Anthology films) was revealed.  The story involves the theft of the original Death Star plans by a band of resistance fighters.  The movie will…

So Thursday kicked off the largest gathering of Star Wars fanatics this side of Mos Eisley… Star Wars Celebration.  Too open the festivities, director J.J. Abrams, and executive producer Kathleen Kennedy hosted a Force Awakens panel complete with the stars of the films, as well as some behind the scenes people.  They finally concluded the event with what everyone had been waiting for… the new Sta…

I’m back.  It took a while for the bug to return, but I’m back.

While I had promised back in late December to return to regular blogging in a “few weeks” a number of events occurred that legitimately made writing regular updates nearly impossible.  Namely my job situation changed, and for a few weeks over the Holiday season I had to look for a new job.  I found that job in early January, but I…

After a furious pace of blog posts, I decided it was time to take a brief break for the Holidays. In addition there were some major work related changes going on with the Evans family, so I needed to focus on that.  So I’ll be back this week with regular posts.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a terrific New Year!

May the Force Be With You!